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Monday, 21 December 2015

American submarine USS K 8 (1914-1931) on 1 September 1915

Displacement 390 (surfaced)-530 (submerged) tons, building allowed in 1911, first material ordered after 2 months, keel laid down after 3,5 months, taken over by the government after 37 months. Contracted building time 227 months so she was 10 months too late delivered.(1)

Note
1. Launched at the shipyard of Union Works, San Francisco, California, USA on 11 July 1914 and commissioned on 1 December 1914.

Source
Marineblad 1915/1916 no. 6. The article was mainly based on a report of the Secretary of Navy dated 16 October 1915 over the year ending on 30 June 1915.